I asked ChatGPT: If you were the devil, how would you keep people away from biblical God/Jesus without them even knowing about it?

This is the answer I got-

If I were to imagine this scenario from a strategic perspective, focusing on subtle and indirect methods, here’s how I might approach the goal of keeping people away from the Biblical God or Jesus without them realizing it:

1. Distract Them with Worldly Pursuits

• Keep people preoccupied with materialism, success, and entertainment to the point that they feel they don’t need God.
• Encourage endless ambition, making their lives too busy for reflection or spiritual thought.

2. Promote Relativism

• Encourage the belief that all truths are relative and that there’s no single path to God, making Christianity seem narrow-minded.
• Blur moral lines to the point where people dismiss the concept of sin or a need for salvation.

3. Exploit Negative Church Experiences

• Highlight hypocrisy, scandals, or judgmental attitudes within the Church to create distrust and resentment towards Christians.
• Use these experiences as a reason for people to reject Jesus rather than distinguishing between flawed humans and God.

4. Encourage Self-Sufficiency

• Promote the idea that people can find fulfillment, purpose, and identity entirely within themselves, apart from a Creator.
• Push self-help philosophies that replace prayer and dependence on God with human-centered solutions.

5. Seed Doubt and Confusion

• Encourage skepticism of the Bible by emphasizing perceived contradictions or scientific objections.
• Promote countless interpretations of spirituality so people become overwhelmed and avoid making a decision about Jesus.

6. Twist God’s Character

• Present God as distant, unloving, or overly judgmental, deterring people from seeking Him.
• Misrepresent the Gospel as burdensome rather than liberating.

7. Normalize Indifference

• Make people feel that spiritual matters are irrelevant or only for the “super religious.”
• Encourage a culture where faith is seen as a private or outdated topic, not worth discussing.

8. Foster Division

• Divide people over theological disagreements or denominational differences, leading to disunity and weakened witness.
• Use cultural, political, or social issues to create hostility towards Christianity.

9. Replace Worship with Idolatry

• Replace devotion to God with idolizing money, relationships, power, or even personal well-being.
• Encourage an obsession with technology or media to consume their attention.

10. Satisfy with Counterfeits

• Offer alternative spiritual paths that mimic fulfillment but lack true salvation (e.g., New Age beliefs, secular humanism).
• Convince people they’re “good enough” or “spiritual enough” without needing Jesus.

Looks like the devil has already succeeded in achieving it’s goals.